Monday, February 05, 2007

My old barracks room doesn't seem so bad

I ran into a current ETA over the weekend who's in the process of moving schools and homestays. I didn't get into details, but she does like her city. It reminded me of ETA rule #1 from last year: you can't have everything. You have to settle in at least of one the areas of ETA life, whether it's the city, homestay, or school. Okay, so a few people end up happy with all three. But it's a good thing to think about as I try to wash dishes in my milk gallon jug size sink and notice the lack of Korean culture outside the base. At least I have a place to myself.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Recent links

A great article by Michael Pollan about how to eat healthy. If you get tired of reading the article (it's kind of long), good guidelines to follow are at the bottom.

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
An article about how the insurgency wars around the globe are more "information operations" than traditional conflicts. Also kind of long, but very good and relevant.

Youtube video
of some lindy hop charleston style with daft punk music. Yes!